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AUGUSTUS E. SNYDER, OI BLOGMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQR T WESTINGHOUSELAMP COMPANY, A CORPORATION .OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CARTON.

Application filed June 6;

To all whomc't may concern:

Be it known'that I, AUcUsTUs E. SNYDER,

- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bloomfield, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cartons, of which the following is a specification.-

My invention relates to cartons for incandescent lamps and particularlythat type of carton designed'to accommodate an individual'lamp.

It has for one of its objects, the provision of a carton that shall beadapted to receive and resiliently support an incandescent lamp or otherfragile articles in such a manner that it may withstand shipment andhandling without damage or breakage.

Another objectis the provision of a ear ton of a collapsible orknocked-down ty which may be easily and quickly assembled so astoconstitute an enclosure and support a lamp so as to prevent breakageof itsgl'ass parts or the disarrangement of its filament.

By reason of the extremely fragile char- 2 acter of the filament ofincandescent lamps it is necessary to exercise great care in packinglamps for shipment in order to insure their arrival at theirdestinations without having suffered damage-or breakage. .The

3 packing devices that have heretofore been supplied have beenexpensivefand have not been successful to a preventing breakage of thefilaments or other parts. It is a function of the presentinvenprovide anindividual carton that shall be simple and economical to manufacture andassemble, and in which the lamp may be safely handled and shipped.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view ofa carton emodying my invention;'Fig. 2 is a plan view of one form of thecarton unfolded; Fi 3 is a similar view of a modified form ig. 4 is aperspective view of the modification shown in Flg. 3; Fig. 5 is stillanother modification of the forms shown in Figs. 2 and 3; and Fig. 6 isa view showing the carton, in a partly assembled condition, formed fromthe st 1e body shown in Fig. 5.

60 Refzrring to the drawings, particularly Figs. 1 and2, the carton is,formed from a Single piece of cardboard, blanked out to y portioncreased longitudiprovide a bod v nally to form side faces or panels," 1,2, 3, 4.

5 when the cardboard is folded. Extending end closures for therespective carton.

-, which are designed -vi'de a fastening means to hold the satisfactorydegree in 1918. Serial No. 238,557.

laterally from the ends of one of the sides, such as 3, are end members6 and 7 which are equal in width to the side 3 and formed integrallytherewith. The end members 6 and are creased to make easily foldableends of the These creases are formed in such a manner that portions 8and 9 of each of the ends function, firstly; as a spacing means forregulating the depth from the ends of the carton at which the transverseportions 10 and 11 are positioned inwardly or spaced relatively to eachother, and secondly; as a support for saidtransverse portions. Thetransverse portion 10 has a plurality of slits radiating from a commoncentral point, to afford a yielding contacting surface with thecontained artipe cle, which, if an incandescent lamp, would be the tipportion of the bulb. The transverse portion -11 has an aperture largeenough to permit the protruding of a por tion of the article, but issmaller than its body, and in the case of a lamp, is adapted to engagethe base-at the point where it transverseend members 10 and 11,-. andbeheld out of contact with the adjacent sides of the carton. To proend010- sures in position, portions 1-2 and 13 are provided which areadapted to be turned outwardly and fold'back upon the adjacent sidefaceas more fully described hereinafter.

In assembling the carton from the blank shown in Fig. 2, the bodyportion is first bent along the sectional creases, thus forming arectangular case or shellhaving an lover-lapping side 5. Either "of theend members may then be folded inwardly, preferably end 7, and portion13 turned outwardly, against the adjacent face 1. The base of the lampis passed thru the aperture in the transverse section 11 and the 100 end6 is then folded in a.

similar manner with the tip prO ectmg from the radial slits, and portion12 transverse portions 10 and 11, a

' short foldable edge portion,

carton, thus affording a simple means for completely fastening orclosing the carton.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and i, the side faces 1 and 5 areprovided at their upper and lower edges with rectangular-shaped slots14:. lhe positioning of these slots from the adjacent edges isdetermined by the length of the article to be laced in the carton. Theend members 6 and 7 have their depth-regulating port-ions 8 equal to thedistance of the slots 14 from the respective end edges of the faces 1and 5, and there is formed adjacent each of the tongue 15 provided withteeth or catches adapted to be received by or passed thru the slots 14:and engage the adjacent exterior surface of the carton when assembled asshown in Fig. 4. This form of closing or sealing means, in addition tosaving stock, necessity of any auxiliary fastening vices.

By referring to Figs. 5 and 6 it will be seen that the modificationillustrated thereby, consists of a carton of 4; side faces with one ofthe outer side faces terminating in a which may be glued or-otherwisesuitably secured to the under surface 'f the opposite side face edge.This construction permits of a preliminary or partial assembling of thecarton in advance of its use and renders it collapsible so that it mayoccupy a minimum of space. In this modification, the end members 6 and 7have their respective spacing ortions 8 and 9 of equal width and, whenolded into position, the portions 9 come flush with the edges at theends of the carton and may be held in place by stapling or in any otherapproved manner.

From the above description it will be apparent that my inventioncontemplates the provision'of a carton characterized by simlici'ty ofconstruction and which will resiliently support a fragile article sothat the sameis entirely enclosed in the sense that no portion of it isexposed, and thus secured or immuned from damage. occasioned by ordinaryor reasonable handling.

While this invention has been set certain preferred embodiments,

forth in it I will be I understood that modifications might be made iels, the outer panels being sions folded inwar ly for the carton,

without departure from thereof.

What is claimed is:

1. An incandescent lamp carton comprising a strip of material foldedinto five panoverlapped, so as to form four side walls of the carton,the middle panel bein provided with extento form end closures said endclosures being respectively provided with an aperture to accommodate thebase of the lamp and a tip supporting means and each being provided thespirit andscope w all s.

dispenses with the with a flap engaging the overlapping panels, to holdthe container in assembled form and secure each end closure in positionand spaced from the adjacent edges of the side 2. An incandescent lamcarton comprising a blank of material fo ded into five sections, theouter sections being overlapped to form four side walls of the carton,enclose ing a space of greater dimensions than that of the lamp to becontained therein, the middle section being provided with extensionsfolded inwardly to form end losures for the carton, one of said closuresbeing adapted to support the base of the lamp and the other providedwith tip sup orting means, the space between said end 0 osures and thelocation thereof being such that the lamp may be suspended therebetweenout of engagement with the side walls of the carton, wit clearance forthe base and tip of the lamp with respect to the ends of the carton andeach end closure being provided with a tongue inserted in a slit in theoverla pin sections to hold the carton assemble an also secure the endclosures in the proper positions.

3. An incandescent lamp container comprising an integral strip ofcardboard or the like, folded into five panels, the outer panels beinoverlapped so as to form the four side wa 13 thereof, themiddle panelbeing provided with portions extending in opposite directions and foldedinwardly to form end closures for the container and to support a lamptherein,

sures being provided with an aperture suitable to accommodate the baseof the lamp and the other of said end closures being provided with tipsupporting means comprising radially disposed slits, the space betweensaid end closures being such that the lamp is sus ended therebetween andthe depth of sai end closures being such that clearance is provided forthe tip and base of the lamp from the top and bottom edges of the sidewalls, each of said end closures being provided with a flap engaging theoverlapping panels to perform the double function of holding said panelstogether for the purpose of maintaining the container in assembledformation and to holdthe end closuresinposition, spaced from theadjacent edges of the side walls. 1

4. An incandescent lamp container comprising an integral piece ofcardboard or the like, folded into five panels, the outer panels thereofbein overlapped to form four side walls for t e container, enclosin aspace of greater dimensions than that o the lamp to be enclosed therein,the middle panel provided with extensions folded to form endv closuresfor the container, one of said closures being adapted to support thebase of the lamp and the other provided 100 I I one of said end clowithtip supporting means comprising the space between said with a tongueinsertedin slots in the CV31? location thereof being lapping side panelsto serve the double function of holding the container assembled andsecure the end closures spaced in proper relation to the side walls ofthe container.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 29th dayof May, 1918.

AUGUSTUS E. SNYDER.

